Oshawa's Hollie Babut hauls in the soccer awards at Ashford

McLaughlin grad scores team-high 20 goals for Iowa university

Oshawa's Hollie Babut hauls in the soccer awards at Ashford

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OSHAWA -- Hollie Babut, pictured here with her McLaughlin high school team in 2010, enjoyed a strong junior season and won several awards with her Ashford University team in Clinton, Iowa. December 20, 2012

CLINTON, IOWA -- Oshawa's Hollie Babut had quite a junior season on the soccer pitch at Ashford University.

Babut, a graduate of McLaughlin Collegiate, and Ashford teammate Chelsea Fisher, a senior, were named National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics honourable mention all-Americans after combining for 33 of the team's 67 goals and leading AU to its second national tournament berth ever.

Babut recorded the 15th-most goals among all individuals in the nation with an A.I.I.-best and team-high 20 goals. In addition, she led the entire nation with nine game-winning scores while serving up six assists. Babut totaled five two-goal matches and had a season-high four goals in Ashford's 9-3 rout of Mount Mercy University.

Additionally, the junior forward was named first team all-A.I.I. and earned a Capital One academic all-America college division second team selection when those awards were announced last month.

The Saints finished 2012 with a 14-5-2 record overall and qualified for the NAIA women's soccer national championship. Ashford was ousted by eventual champion, Lindsey Wilson, in the tournament's second round.

Babut is one of three players from Oshawa on the Ashford roster, including her younger sister Courtney, a freshman out of Eastdale Collegiate, and Rochelle Douglas, a first-year O'Neill grad.